I%26#39;m looking for a short getaway to Ruidoso and looked at the cabins here on tripadvisor but they all require a 3 night minimum stay. Don%26#39;t want to sound ';big city'; but is there enough to do with three teenagers in Ruidoso? Also, we don%26#39;t gamble so scratch the casinos. We%26#39;re looking to be there around the 18th of March. Thanks.
3 nights in Ruidoso?
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Try Forest Home Cabins. They%26#39;re flexible during the offseason about minimum stays. You could probably do 2 nights there. www.foresthomecabins.com
I think it depends on the time of year and what your teenagers are interested in as far as whether you can keep them busy. When I was that age, my parents stuck me on ski slope or in a swimming pool and I didn%26#39;t bug them for days on end. But drag me to an Indian ruin, and I wasn%26#39;t happy!
What do your kids like to do? And what time of year will you be going?
Check out this web page I just found:
ruidoso.net/visitors/ruidoso_area_kids_guide…
I%26#39;m a big fan of indoor karting, and it looks like they%26#39;ve got 3 tracks there! I would think the kids would enjoy that.
Good luck!
3 nights in Ruidoso?Ruidoso is a beautiful area which has been a mountain getaway, especially for Texans, for decades. If you are not skiing or gambling...what to do though.
Your teens aren%26#39;t really ';kids'; anymore, but here is the Ruidoso area%26#39;s ';kids'; list of places to see, and things to do.
ruidoso.net/visitors/ruidoso_area_kids_guide…
The go kart track/miniture golf place is fun, but open only on Saturdays before Memorial Day.
I would take one day to make a loop trip out from Ruidoso while you are in the area.
From Ruidoso, drive down past Apache Summit to the turn off for NM-244, and then take this paved road south through the Mescalero Apache Reservation to Cloudcroft at 9,000ft. elevation. (There are cabins here also.) Continue down, out of the mountains to Alamogordo, and take in the New Mexico Museum of Space History. It also features a planetarium, and IMAX dome theater showing varied subject matter.
From Alamogordo, head west approximately to the entrance into White Sands National Monument with it%26#39;s unique, huge hills of pure, white gypsum. Bring some cardboard boxes for sledding! A great place to picnic also, so you may want to pick up something in Alamogordo. Even teens will love this place. Bring water,and sunglasses!
A drive north from Alamogordo on US54 will take you to the side road leading into Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, where you can see rock carvings made over many centuries by the Native Americans who frequented the area. This is a gravel road...about 3-4 miles from US54 to the petroglyphs.
Continue north on US54 to Carrizozo. Three or four miles west on US380, is the Valley of Fires State Park. Here you can walk on New Mexico%26#39;s most recent lava flow...still thousands of years old though. Hiking boots help.
Head back east on US380 to Lincoln, an old west town famous for the Lincoln County War, and Billy the Kid%26#39;s last escape from the courthouse. If open, the courthouse is now a museum. Backtrack to Capitan, and then head south through some beautiful pine-covered mountains to Ruidoso.
This loop will be about 240 miles, but will fill most of your day, and provide very differing landscapes, and unusual places to see, and experience.
I%26#39;m surprised about your information that there is a three day minimum for ';all'; the cabins. I%26#39;ve never encountered that in Ruidoso/Cloudcroft before.
Unfortunately, the Southern mountains have not received much snow this winter, so there probably won%26#39;t even be enough for a good snowball fight! :-) But, you may find some around Cloudcroft. We are expecting more rain and snow for the weekend here in Albuquerque/Santa Fe...so maybe the Sacramento Mountains to the south will get a few inches also.
Have a safe, and enjoyable trip!
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